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Over the years visitors to our forums had contributed many maps of Siyi and the surrounding regionals. The biggest contributor, however, is Henry Tom, one of our moderators. The forums currently is unsearchable which makes referencing next to impossible and leads to much duplicated postings of the same maps. In these pages we’ll harness... »
Sangkai Hakka
On September 23, 2009, eugene posted: My mum is a Sangkai Hakka. Her ancestors migrated to Malaysia from Guangxi (China). Can I know where is this place “Sangkai”. I think Sangkai is a Hakka word, can I know what is the actual name in Mandarin? … Twoupman responded with Your Sangkai is most likely Cenxi/Sahm Kai... »
Help finding Taishan Village near Doushan
On August 6, 2009 at 12:31am taishanchild posted: We have identified four villages in the Taishan region where family members lived. We are hoping for asistance in locating them. Any specifics would help such as (1) directions, (2) nearest major towns/cities, (3) a map, or(4) lat/long so we can use Google Earth to find the... »
Need help translating this address
On July 19, 2009 at 10:09pm kwongj posted: Hello: I need some help translating the address above. I think it is: Guangdong, Taishan, Sanba, and Chong yun. The last part I can’t figure out. it suppose to be the street name? Some of my friends said this is not useful ( the street name) when translated but... »
Lam Hoi Yuen
On April 8, 2009, gymlaw wrote: Hello, Would anyone be able to help me find Guangdong San, Lam Hoi Yuen, Fuk San Jun? My grandmother and her family the Wong’s were from there? Thank you, On December 13, 2009 woodson and ahgin translated the address into Chinese characters: 廣東省南海縣佛山鎮 and Henry wrote: Hi Gymlaw, Welcome to the Forum, Sorry for my late response... »
Location of Wong & Woo Ancestral Villages
On May 25, 2006, 9:35pm skwdvm posted: Can anyone help me identify the two villages that my grandparents came from? My grandparents Wong came from Jung Seng, Dong Guan, Yu Tien village, Doong Fong branch. My other set of grandparents, the Woos, came from Kwang Tung Province, Toishan, Sai Sarm Bow, Wang Jo Cheung. I have... »
Trying to locate my ancestral village
On April 13, 2006, 5:23pm Henry Lee posted: Hi, I was wondering if anyone could find a place named: Ng Wa also known as Bak Mong Fa in Guangdong? Also, do you have maps of these places?: Dun Zi Tao and Se Hou? (The Pinyin is in cantonese) Thanks in advance! »